Birds

Question 1

Birds are ______ with feathers and capable of flight

Answer 1

endothermic vertebrates

Question 2

They are descendant of what dinosaur

Answer 2

bipedal dinosaur

Question 3

What increases the are for attachment of the flight muscles in birds

Answer 3

keeled sternum or posses carina

Question 4

A single occipital condyl which are modified by partial or complete loss of one of the temporal arches

Answer 4

diapsid skull

Question 5

How many genera and species of Philippine birds are endemic

Answer 5

9 genera, 172 species

Question 6

Who categorizes threatened species categories as defined in any six criteria.

Answer 6

Internatiinal Union for the Conservation of Nature

Question 7

A taxon (V) Vulnerable when___, (E) Endangered ____, Crtically Endangered (C)_____

Answer 7

V- high risk of extinction
E- very high risk of extinction
C- extremely high risk of extinction

Question 8

How many threatened endemic species of birds is listed in the Philippines Red Data book published by Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines

Answer 8

75 threatened endemic species

Question 9

What are the modification of forelimbs of birds

Answer 9

wings bearing feathers

Question 10

Hindlimb is divided into

Answer 10

thigh, shank, or legs and foot that consists tarsus

Question 11

How many maximum toes does birds have

Answer 11

4

Question 12

Parts of the bill of the bird

Answer 12

-culmen, central ridge
-maxillary, cutting edge
-cere, soft fleshy basal

Question 13

Nostrils of bird

Answer 13

Nostrils may be slitlike or oval

Question 14

What is it called when the nostrils are separated by septum and are not

Answer 14

-imperforate (separated)
-perforate (not separated)

Question 15

What covers two nostrils at least in part by fleshy or

Answer 15

horny operculum

Question 16

The ____ or branches of the lower mandible are fused forming a ridge called ____

Answer 16

rami, gonys

Question 17

In most birds feet are

Answer 17

featherless

Question 18

Definite tracts

Answer 18

pterylae

Question 19

Bare patches

Answer 19

apteria

Question 20

The study of feathers and their arrangement is called

Answer 20

pterylosis

Question 21

Most birds have ____ but some have but some have more or less this number

Answer 21

12 rectrices

Question 22

Bright, red pigment

Answer 22

carotenoids

Question 23

Orange, yellow color

Answer 23

Melanin

Question 24

Dark reddish brown

Answer 24

chestnut

Question 25

Brownish red

Answer 25

Rufous

Question 26

Dark brownish yellow

Answer 26

Ochraceous

Question 27

Yellowish brown

Answer 27

Tan

Question 28

Medium dark Tan

Answer 28

buff

Question 29

Effect of father’s physical structure

Answer 29

Irridescence

Question 30

What do you call the process of replacing old feathers

Answer 30

molting

Question 31

The description of the birds makes reference to body regions, feather groups and associated structures or what is referred to as

Answer 31

Topography